Ok, to lighten up the subject....
>> The Good Napkins
>> >>
>> >>My mother taught me to read when I was four years
old (her first
>> >>mistake).
>> >>One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of
the cabinet
>>doors
>> >>was ajar. I
>> >>read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my
mother why she was
>> >>keeping
>> >>'napkins' in the bathroom. Didn't they belong in
the kitchen?
>>Not
>> >>wanting to
>> >>burden me with unnecessary facts, she told me
that those were
>>for
>> >>"special
>> >>occasions" (her second mistake).
>> >>
>> >>Now fast forward a few months..... It's
Thanksgiving Day, and my
>> >>folks were
>> >>leaving to pick up my uncle and his wife for
dinner... Mom had
>> >>assignments for
>> >>all of us while they were gone. Mine was to set
the table.
>> >>
>> >>When they returned, my uncle came in first and
immediately burst
>> >>into
>> >>laughter. Next came his wife who gasped, then
began giggling.
>>Next
>> >>cam my
>> >>father, who roared with laughter. Then came Mom,
who almost died
>>of
>> >>embarrassment when she saw each place setting on
the table with
>>a
>> >>"special
>> >>occasion" napkin at each plate, with the fork
carefully arranged
>>on
>> >>top. I had
>> >>even tucked in the tails so they didn't hang off
the edge!!
>> >>
>> >>My mother asked me why I used these and, of
course, my response
>> >>sent the
>> >>other adults into further fits of laughter. "But,
Mom, you SAID
>> >>they were for
>> >>special occasions!!!"